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Breakin' All the Rules

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Breakin' All the Rules (2004)

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Reviews Counted:85

Fresh:28

Rotten:57

Average Rating:4.8/10

Consensus: This formulaic screwball comedy is weighed down by a contrived, overly complicated plot.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for sexual material/humor and language

Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:May 14, 2004 Wide

Box Office: $11,827,301

Synopsis: Things are looking bleak for Quincy Watson (Jamie Foxx, ANY GIVEN SUNDAY and BOOTY CALL). His company is firing people left and right and his heartless fiancée Helen (Bianca Lawson) has just taken... Things are looking bleak for Quincy Watson (Jamie Foxx, ANY GIVEN SUNDAY and BOOTY CALL). His company is firing people left and right and his heartless fiancée Helen (Bianca Lawson) has just taken off for Paris with his best man. What else is there to do but sit around the house in an old bathrobe writing anguished letters to Helen that express just how bad he feels over how tactlessly she broke the news to him? His cousin Evan (Morris Chestnut, CONFIDENCE, HALF PAST DEAD) is a magazine publisher who convinces him to take the letters and turn them into an instructional book about how to scientifically and skillfully break up with someone. When the book hits the bestseller list, Quincy is suddenly regarded as an expert on the subject. Both Evan and Quincy's former boss Philip Gascon (Peter MacNicol of ALLY MACBEAL fame) enlist his help breaking things off with their girlfriends. Quincy even agrees to meet Evan's girlfriend Nicky (the lovely Gabrielle Union of BRING IT ON and DELIVER US FROM EVA) in his place, but Nicky recognizes him from a TV interview about his book and immediately suspects (correctly) foul play. So, she decides to play her own game by introducing herself to Quincy as someone else. BREAKIN' ALL THE RULES is a head-spinning yarn of mistaken identity that has everyone in the movie in a convoluted tailspin. It's a charming, clever, and complicated tale of love, sex, and romance. This comedy of errors has a lot going for it, including an up-to-the-minute hip-hop and R&B soundtrack with some cool Middle Eastern dance grooves and some old school tunes to boot. [More]

Starring: Jamie Foxx, Morris Chestnut, Gabrielle Union, Jennifer Esposito

Starring: Jamie Foxx, Morris Chestnut, Gabrielle Union, Jennifer Esposito, Peter MacNicol, Bianca Lawson, Jill Ritchie, Heather Headley

Director: Daniel Taplitz

Director: Daniel Taplitz
Screenwriter: Daniel Taplitz
Producer: Lisa Tornell
Composer: Marcus Miller
Studio: Screen Gems

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Sacramento News & Review
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05/26/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

...may be fluff, but it is patient, character-driven fluff.

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Uri Lessing
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12/19/04
Michael Szymanski
Michael Szymanski
Zap2it.com

Digresses into that hazy zone where we're not sure if we're watching overwrought drama or a joke that just isn't funny.

Full Review Source: Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas) | comment Comment
09/16/04
Mark Collette
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06/05/04
Brian Orndorf
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06/05/04
Kamal  'The Diva' Larsuel
Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel
3BlackChicks Review

it's all very silly and highly unbelievable, but the five main leads are all having a good time.

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06/01/04
Sean McBride
Sean McBride
Sean the Movie Guy

With a little more polish, Daniel Taplitz’s quick-witted romantic comedy might have lived happily ever after.

Full Review Source: Boulder Weekly | comment Comment
05/27/04
Thomas Delapa
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly

A good cast tries to rescue a bad script.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Spectrum | comment Comment
05/25/04
Vince Koehler
Vince Koehler
Entertainment Spectrum

Breakin' All the Rules doesn't break any rules at all. It's just a by-the-numbers romantic comedy.

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05/22/04
Steve Rhodes
Steve Rhodes
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05/22/04
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05/22/04
Marc Savlov
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle

...the comedy never tried to stretch beyond being common.

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05/20/04
Tony Toscano
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05/20/04
Jim Shelby
Jim Shelby
Palo Alto Weekly

Everybody involved in Breakin' All the Rules -- especially the audience -- deserves something more than this tedious excuse for a movie.

Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | comment Comment
05/19/04
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

All the performers deserve better than this.

Full Review Source: Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) | comment Comment
05/18/04
Linda Cook
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

sticks to the rules of too many lame sitcoms and unfunny comedies past, which the doomed actors follow like lemmings off a cliff

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05/18/04
Pete Croatto
Pete Croatto
Filmcritic.com

If one movie could prove once and for all that dating is a blight on humanity, this dismal, depressing flick could be it.

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05/18/04
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